Husker_x said:
I'll reiterate something. Until we face a salty team like Wisconsin, I'm going to hold off judging the offense. A spring and a fall camp and a few throwaway noncon games aren't going to tell us much more than who has the beefier linemen. We start putting up numbers against solid Ds, then gear up the hype machine.
Exactly, here's something from last year
After the MU game our offense was 6th in the country in Rushing Offense with 295 YPG, 17th in total offense with 458.50 YPG, 12th in scoring average with 38 PPG.
At that point we had the 13th and 20th best rushers in YPG, we had Martinez 12th in the country in passing effeciency.
At that point our offense was ahead of the defense
Total Yardage
Offense 17th
Defense 19th
Scoring
Offense 12th
Defense 19th
Our freshmen quarterback was being talked about as a fringe Heisman candidate and Roy Helu set a single game rushing record at a school that has a bit of history of outstanding rushers.
At that point we were 7-1, ranked 9th in the country after beating 2 straight top 20 teams and were looking like a BCS level team.
We then finished the year 3-3 and ended up ushering several coaches out the door.
Moral of the story? If you're in the middle of a book, wait until the end before you judge it. The beginning may be great, but the ending may suck.
And before people try to talk down on the stats above based on competition, remember those are rankings, it wasn't like Oregon and everyone else was playing top level talent at that point in time.
